Conscious Solutions: Why you should seriously consider lego serious play

Our furlough team took part in this innovative training initiative in May, with no context or experience in LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® (for most of us). This training was approached with some expectations yet no expectations at the same time; after all, it’s work, but it’s Lego. Your mind automatically says ‘okay, interesting’. When the bag of […]

Conscious Solutions: Closing your office – will it kill your local SEO?

Well one thing is for sure, it won’t help it. As the UK officially enters the greatest recession on record it is inevitable that many formerly thriving businesses will soon find themselves in desperate times and looking for ways to cut outgoing costs. The legal industry has been incredibly successful at migrating into the “working […]

Furlough fraud survey, by Conscious Solutions

Welcome to our survey about your experiences on furlough leave and in particular if you think your employer has made a fraudulent claim under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). Thank you for taking the time to participate. Your answers will be aggregated anonymously and the survey takes less than five minutes to complete. Once […]

Conscious Solutions: The Google page experience update

On 28 May 2020 Google pre-announced a new set of ranking factors based upon User Experience that will come into effect in 2021. Google giving this much notice before a major update is unprecedented. They are so committed to this direction that they have already incorporated the relevant diagnostics into the Search Console platform, replacing […]

Conscious Solutions: What every law firm should know about Google’s core updates

If you’ve been keeping regular tabs on your keyword rankings and organic search traffic levels, you may have noticed a bouncy ride beginning at the end of April 2020. Since that time there have been two major Google updates; a Core Update on 20 April and one beginning on 4 May that seemed to take […]

Conscious Solutions: Law firm M&A during the Coronavirus crisis

In this video, Andrew Roberts, M&A consultant from Symphony Legal David Gilroy, MD of Conscious Solutions discuss M&A activity for law firms during and post the Covid-19 crisis. Video time: 17 minutes 58 seconds.

Marketing support for law firms who have furloughed their marketing teams

Have current events necessitated furloughing your marketing team? We know some customers who have already done it. Your marketers are talented (we have the pleasure of working with them!) and, importantly, irreplaceable. But we can help to ensure they don’t come back to a stale brand, a disengaged audience, and digital anonymity. Competitors may take […]

Marketing in a crisis: what can law firms do?

Strange times eh?  EVERYTHING has changed in the last three weeks.  The travel, leisure and hospitality sectors were staring over the edge of a cliff, not just those sectors, but pretty much every sector in the UK economy. The Government’s Job Retention scheme is a lifeline for many businesses in the UK. Law firms that […]

Conscious Solutions: The role of marketing in recruitment

LPM South, My First Legal Conference Having nearly reached my one-month milestone here at Conscious Solutions, I felt ready to dive into the world of legal conferences and make it my new stomping ground. With experience in organising and attending conferences, I didn’t feel too overwhelmed, more eager to experience the ins and outs of […]

Conscious Solutions: Are you making these 5 common mistakes with your law firm’s website content?

Everyone can write, right? And you know all about the law because you work at a law firm. So, it should be pretty straightforward to sit down and write some content for your firm’s website, shouldn’t it? You might think so, but bitter experience has taught us that most legal professionals have very little idea […]